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Consider the following statements:
1.
One of the targets under the Sustainable Development Goals is to eradicate child labour in all its forms by 2025
2. Worldwide, child labour is concentrated primarily in the industrial sector
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?


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Only 1
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Only 2
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Both 1 and 2
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None of the above
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Solution

The correct option is A Only 1

Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms
Child labour is concentrated primarily in agriculture (71%), which includes fishing, forestry, livestock herding and aquaculture, and comprises both subsistence and commercial farming; 17% in Services; and 12% in the Industrial sector, including mining.


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